dognovel Chapter 625 An Outsider's Game Within a Game
Chapter 625 An Outsider's Game Within a Game
Late at night, at the Gu family's old house.
The wind and rain had not yet stopped, and the puddles outside the window reflected the lightning. Lin Yun knelt in front of Madam Gu, her face full of grievance.
"Auntie, I really didn't know she could get out of the police station unscathed..."
"Didn't you say before that once she's in jail, she won't get out?"
Madam Gu slammed her teacup down, the sound of shattering porcelain echoing through the hall.
"She's not someone you can control!"
"Lin Yun, I've already given you three chances."
"From your failure to find out Shen Chen's whereabouts, to Gu Yanchuan's continued indifference towards you, and now Lin Chuyue's reversal at the police station—how many more times do you think I can tolerate you?"
Lin Yun's face was pale, her nails dug into her palms, and she gritted her teeth as she said, "But I am now someone that Lin Zhengguo truly trusts."
“He is now half-believing that Lin Chuyue is colluding with the old members of the Shen family. If I add fuel to the fire, he will definitely side with the Gu family.”
"Auntie, please give me another chance..."
Madam Gu sneered, "What other bargaining chips do you have?"
Lin Yun raised her head, her eyes cold and piercing.
"The bracelet that Lin Chuyue left behind by her mother is key evidence of her Shen family identity."
“I know where it’s hidden.”
“If I can get that bracelet and give it to you, you can force her to admit everything.”
Madam Gu stared at him silently for a long while before slowly saying, "Very good."
"But remember, this time—if you succeed, you will be the Gu family's daughter-in-law."
"If you lose, don't blame me for turning against you."
……
Meanwhile, within Vision Capital...
Shen Chen sat in his dark office, the progress bar of "Operation Mirror Lake" scrolling on the screen.
Phase One: Completed
[Phase Two: Evidence Packaging in Progress...]
He closed his laptop, walked to the window, and looked at the light on in Lin Chuyue's office, his eyes darkening slightly.
"You're even more ruthless than Old Madam Shen now..."
"But are you really ready to face a real war?"
He muttered to himself, about to leave, when his phone suddenly rang.
A strange number.
He pressed the answer button, and a woman's low, cold voice came from the other end:
"Shen Chen, it's been a long time."
You thought I was dead?
Shen Chen's pupils shrank sharply: "...Impossible."
The voice chuckled softly, as if carrying the aura of death: "The day Operation Mirror Lake was launched, I knew you hadn't given up yet."
"But do you know what you've missed?"
"There is a mole among Lin Chuyue's people."
"The higher she climbed, the harder she fell."
Before he could finish speaking, the phone line was disconnected.
Shen Chen stood frozen in place as a black and white photo automatically popped up on his phone screen.
The photo shows Lin Chuyue and Shen Chen standing outside the police station, surrounded by several indistinct shadows.
He immediately realized: she was being watched.
……
The next morning, Lin Chuyue woke up at home.
The phone didn't ring, but the doorbell suddenly rang.
She opened the door and was shocked to see Lin Yun standing outside, wearing a coat and with tears in her eyes.
"Sister Chuyue... I dreamt about Mom."
Lin Chuyue's eyes narrowed slightly, her tone calm: "Shen Fang is dead. Isn't the evil she committed enough for you to dream about her?"
Lin Yun lowered her head and sobbed, "I didn't know she had done so many wrong things in the past... I shouldn't have kept lying to you..."
"But I really... really regret it."
She raised her head, her eyes flashing with pain, "Sister Chuyue, please believe me this time."
"I...I want to work with you to overthrow the Gu family."
Lin Chuyue stared at her expressionlessly for a moment before finally stepping aside to let the door open.
"Come in."
……
Ten minutes later, in the study.
Lin Chuyue poured a cup of tea and handed it to Lin Yun, "You didn't come to me just to 'regret' it, did you?"
Lin Yun's fingers trembled slightly as she whispered, "...Mrs. Gu said that she has a recording of you and Shen Chen, and if it is made public, you will never be able to return to Yuanjing."
"But I know that everything you did was to save the company."
"I don't want to help them anymore, Sister Chuyue..."
"Can you... forgive me?"
Lin Chuyue gently put down her teacup and smiled faintly: "Whether I forgive you or not is not important."
"The important thing is that you tell me now how she plans to use this recording."
Lin Yun was startled, her heart jolting.
—Did she know?
Lin Chuyue smiled faintly, "From the moment you stood at my door, I knew you were putting on a very convincing act."
“If you really wanted to help me, you wouldn’t be holding the tea in your left hand.”
"Madam Gu is skilled at psychological manipulation, and she always executes frontline orders with her left hand—you inadvertently revealed the details."
Lin Yun's face turned pale instantly, and her body trembled.
"You...you've been on guard against me all this time?"
"You've never believed me?"
Lin Chuyue stood up and looked down at her. "The one I've never trusted is you."
"It's not that you're willing to use any means necessary for your own benefit."
She pressed the call button on the table, and Shen Chen pushed open the door and handed her a document: "The bracelet was moved last night."
"We have also backed up your electronic records of private communications with the Gu family."
Lin Yun suddenly turned around and was about to run away, but Shen Chen blocked her way.
“You can leave,” Lin Chuyue said coldly, “but don’t come back.”
"If you come back, I won't show any mercy."
Lin Yun left dejectedly. Shen Chen turned to look at her and said, "You're letting her go? She'll go and inform on us."
A meaningful glint flashed in Lin Chuyue's eyes, "I want her to go."
"I need to take care of my family, so I'm starting the process ahead of schedule."
……
In the evening, the Gu family received a message brought back by Lin Yun.
"She deliberately let us off the hook? What does that mean?" Zhao Zhiyan frowned.
Madam Gu sneered, "She thinks she's playing a game of chess."
"But she forgot who set up the chessboard."
"I have already sent someone to deliver a message to Lin Zhengguo—Lin Chuyue has close ties with the former members of the Shen family, and the evidence is conclusive."
"As long as he is willing to publicly announce that he is cutting ties with Lin Chuyue, I will ensure that his Lin Group does not fall."
Zhao Zhiyan narrowed his eyes: "Will he agree?"
Madam Gu slowly uttered a sentence:
"If he knew Lin Chuyue wasn't his biological daughter—he would."
……
Meanwhile, in Lin Zhengguo's study.
He stared at a mailed letter in front of him, his fingertips trembling slightly.
That was sent by Madam Gu.
The letter contained only one sentence:
Your daughter's surname is not Lin.
And a photocopy of a paternity test result.
Lin Zhengguo closed his eyes, his throat tightening.
He finally realized that his deepest fear was about to be realized.
——To be continued.
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